the very late of the out in the elements. we'll be checking with each of them in a moment. first we have team weather coverage as we keep our ire on the storm and we begin now with meteorologist kate bilo in the weather center. kate. >> thank you very much jessica and ukee. our storm has been overperforming. it has been dumping very heavy snow from virginia, maryland, d.c. all the way up through our region new york city and into southern new england all day long and it is not stopping at this hour. in fact some of the heaviest snow we've seen since overnight last night is now pushing through the greater philadelphia area, the i-95 corridor and into portions of western new jersey. so take a look at the storm finally starting to see it loosen up a little bit. we talked about how after five or 6 o'clock we would start to see snowfall rates lessen and breaks in the action. this dry slot has been persistent we had it this morning. it filled back in and redeveloped. your totals will be lower over south jersey and interior delaware. they've taken that snow and

thrown it is up towards the lehigh valley, berks county where the snow totals are overachieving over 2 feet in many locations there. i want to show you philadelphia at the moment. again we'll head back to the radar here and show you a closeup zoom of what's happening in the moment. again you can see this line of heavy snow right about here moving across i-95 at the moment, northern new castle county in delaware, southern delaware county pushing into camden and gloucester counties. this is some of the heaviest snow we've seen since overnight last night and it's continuing to come down steadily through the next hour or two. so philadelphia into portions of camden county, moorestown, delran, cherry hill you're seeing some very steady snow at the moment. let's take you to our sweep and we'll show you a few storm reports we've gotten. we'll show you some of the information down the shore. wind gust reports really if you're looking at dewey beach delaware this morning 7:35 they reported a wind gust to 75 miles per hour. further north we had wind gusts over 60 miles per hour in ocean city, new jersey at 6:23 this morning, 8:00 a.m.

pleasantville recorded a 60 miles per hour wind gust and at the atlantic city international airport 58 miles per hour at 6:20 this morning, north beach haven at 60 miles an hour as well. notice these reports from mainly this morning. 6:49 in bayville. good luck .72 miles per hour wind gusts there. take a look at some of your snow totals. 23-inchs in maple glen, 20 in graterford. 15 in wynnewood and 14 and a half in exton still waiting for updated totals from the airport also from the allentown bethlehem easton airport, the lehigh valley international airport. i think those numbers will possibly put it at the top snowfall of all time after the band that came through this afternoon. we'll bring you numbers from new jersey and delaware. for now i want to get a check on current conditions outside. i'll send it out to lauren casey. >> reporter: we picked up quite a bit of snowfall in the last couple hours we tacked onto our tell. up to almost 18-inches on the cbs3 sky death of we started

at just 16-inches a couple hours ago. we had this heavier brand of precipitation moving through warm front added about two more inches of snowfall and with the heavier intensity snowfall visibilitys are greatly reduced down to about .3 miles in philadelphia, down to near zero visibility in allentown. mount pocono you're doing good, clear visibility but down in trenton about a half mile visibility right now as were we contend with this convective band of snowfall. also feeling chilly so the snow coming down, the winds ramped and it feels like 13 degrees right now in philadelphia. 13 in allentown. feeling like single digits in the poconos and feeling like upper teens down the shore. so what to expect for tomorrow morning? well, the snow will no longer be falling. hard to believe. yes, it's almost like the twilight zone. the snow just keeps coming and coming but it will end as we head a little bit closer to midnight. we'll deal with blowing and drifting snow tomorrow so it's still going to be very difficult to travel.

snow on the roads, blowing snow especially the top layer now that it's getting colder it's a little bit fluffier so that be easier to pick up and shift around especially if we still have wind gusts overnight tonight upwards of 30, for the miles per hour and through the day tomorrow still could see wind gusts upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour so travel conditions are not going to improve greatly guys tomorrow. it will be a little bit better and we might actually see some sunshine as we head into our sunday but, yeah, snow continuing to come down right now on the cbs3 sky deck and we're still countering up the tally on my old ruler. >> new jersey is taking a one-two punch from the major winter storm not only battling the snow. >> major flooding is an issue. sea isle city seeing a lot of damage. another high tide is less than two hours a way. david spunt is live in sea isle city. david, what is the latest there? >> reporter: hey, jess today. the sno-- jessica.

i want to show you this debris right here. we're on a side street in sea isle city. the reason this debris is here is because of the high waters from the high tide. that high tide tonight, well, it hits about 7:45. that's what officials are most concerned about here in sea isle city. it may be a little tough to see just because it's dark right now but there is some water that is continuing to rise and it's going to continue to rise as that tide continues to go up. also i have to mention there is high tide tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock in the morning so that is another concern for folks there. it's really just the debris, the water and of course the wind that has just been relentless all day long. there was actually a fire down the street at a local coffee shop a popular summer hang out. good news nobody was inside, nobody was hurt but severe damage there. i'm set up to interview the mayor of sea isle city a little bit later tonight to get an update but no major power outages no, serious injuries just heavy wind and

possible water a little bit later. reporting live in sea isle city, david spunt, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> david thank you for. that. so many shore towns hit hard not only are these some favorite vacation places there are many year round residents who live there who are left to deal with all the damage. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in stone harbor with more on the dangerous conditions there. greg. >> reporter: extremely dangerous conditions there ukee and jessica. there's not much snow accumulation here because of the warmer ocean temperatures. what you have is the whipping wind and beach erosion. take a look right here. this is stone harbor down here down the shore in southern jersey z this right here is the beach and the beach erosion. in fact you can see the waves right now actually receding just a little bit but just few seconds ago these waves were coming in here. david spunt just mentioned a few minutes ago that we have a 7:45 high tide. that will create major problems for this area. not only do we have the wind coming in but also the water

and that could create major flooding issues here for stone harbor. in fact we're told by atlantic city electric they have some 40,000 customers without power. in fact, behind me it looks very dark and that's because this is one of the sections that is completely without power. all of these homes completely dark right now. the only light is coming from our satellite truck. you might see those blinking lights there in the distance. that is it. 40,000 people without power right now and because of these sustained winds 30, 40 miles per hour with gusts as you can see them right now possibly 50 miles per hour or greater, that is creating pretty terrible conditions for the men and women working on the power lines that are down here in this area. in fact i want to show you a little bit about this beach erosion and you'll see this right here is the beach. there is none of it right now left and that is because high tide is coming in. this storm just pushing the water with these sustained winds creating a dangerous condition for anyone who lives in this area because of the potential for flooding.

there was flooding earlier with the high tide and now we're going to possibly see flooding here as the water comes up a little bit with high tide coming around 7:45 tonight. fortunately, though, there is a shelter that is opened at 82nd steed the recreation center where folks in this area can go because the power is out once again, atlantic city electric working to restore it but it could be some time. for now though we're live here down the shore, i'm greg argos, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> cold miserable night for that power to go out. >> greg thank you. >> brigantine atlantic county was also hit hard by this storm. this video was sent in to us from shane yost. you can see some of the dangerous conditions there. look how icy that water s police are warning coastal residents to prepare for two additional rounds of tidal flooding. warnings continue through tomorrow morning's high tide. new jersey residents are no stranger to this type of situation but that does not make it easier.

>> joining us on the phone is governor chris christie. governor, good evening. >> good evening. >> what can you tell us about the state of the state of new jersey right now when it comes to our winter storm. >> well, we've been out on the road all day today. i left early this morning from my home in morris county and i've been all over the state today to both north central and through the jersey shore and here's where we are right now. for those of you in the southern part of the state in your viewing area, the worst of the storm is over. for those of you in the deep jersey shore we have one more high tide to go through in about an hour. we don't believe there's going to be significant flooding along the jersey shore but we've got to be -- keep a close eye on the back bay areas. we have had some good flooding in avalon and stone harbor and sea isle city. if, in fact you lose power in those places, we want you to get to someplace where you can shelter warmly whether it's at a friend and family's home or if not there are in every county there are shelters

available where you can get something to eat and be warmed for the evening. and you can always call local law enforcement. they'll be able to help get you where you need to get to. the northern part of the state will see significant snowfall for the rest of the evening. for instance where i am in morris county where i just arrived home you've got about 18-inches of snow on the ground and the snow is still coming down. >> governor, we talked to their mayor of sea isle city a little earlier and he told us that in his opinion this was a worse situation than sandy for them. do you see it that way at all for some of these communities? >> well, from a water perspective for sea isle city, avalon, stone harbor they got very little water during sandy and so there's no doubt in my mind that there is more water there right now than there was during sandy. but we got to remember that sea isle city did very well during sandy, much better than any other part of the jersey shore and what we're not seeing is the destruction that you saw during sandy in many

parts of the jersey shore. so, for those folks down there they have to go through one more high tide cycle tonight. we have reached out and have been speaking to the mayors and made sure they thunder everything they need we have available to them but right now we think things are going as well as could be expected and the storm really has left that area of the state for the most part. >> governor i saw where you retweeted pse&g when it comes to losing power. would should residents do? call them? call the police? what is your suggestion. >> lose power call your utility company immediately and let them know exactly what is going on. because that puts you in cue to have your power restored. and if you lose power, we want you to try to go someplace where you can shelter with friends or family as your first option or if not, call local law enforcement after you've called in your utility

outtaoutage and they can get yoo a shelter where you will be warm and fed for the evening. here's the important thing. we do not want you out on the roads driving unless it's absolutely necessary. for instance if you lost your power and you can drive to a friend or family, go ahead done that because we don't want you cold in your home but otherwise stay off the roads. >> governor christie you were on the campaign trail, you came back home to new jersey to deal with this storm. what prompted you to make that decision kind of at the last minute and what have you been able to do by being home? >> we always make those decisions at the last minute because with all due respect to the weather folks they don't always get it right. we decide -- we were monitoring this for wednesday, we have been preparing or roads since wednesday and then through thursday. what i said on thursday was i would monitor it and if i felt like it was going to be a significant snow event of course i would be home to manage it. what we found out friday morning about 11 o'clock we were convinced this was going to be a very significant event

for new jersey so i left early friday afternoon, drove from new hampshire down to new jersey, got down here before the first flake of snow hit the ground and, you know, we've gone from there managing things and being on the ground so i could see it myself and to deploy resources in there way we saw fit. >> all right, governor chris christie thank you so much for being with us tonight. >> thank you, governor. >> thank you very much for having me and for all your folks who are watching out there please stay inside tonight. tomorrow is going to be a good weather day and things will be a lot better tomorrow. >> all right indeed. governor thank you so much. >> all right, so governor chris christie on the phone there advising everyone to stay inside tonight hoping for a better day tomorrow and of course he says he's keeping his eye on the flooding that's happening in sea isle city, stone harbor where they've lost power. greg argos telling us and good advice there if you have somebody to check on, check on them make sure they're somewhere warm because temperatures are going to be very, very cold tonight. >> they're going down. >> you don't went to rough that out. >> the governor did talk about power loss.

the number four pse&g 18436 pse&g. in the city here in philadelphia it's the snow and lots of it. some have been leaving the warmth of home to get outside and experience this unforgettable storm. >> our natasha brown is live at broad and walnut tonight and natasha, you've been there for awhile. you've seen all kinds of people coming by and saying hello. >> reporter: i know everybody seems to be in such good spirits and we are so happy to report that in light of this massive storm that we're experiencing here in center city philadelphia. let's take a look at broad street here. it's been very clear for the most part. we've seen a number of snowplows coming through just throughout the course of this evening but again, snow is continuing to accumulate, it's just lightning up for the moment. take a look at these magazine and newspaper boxes just to give you some idea as to how much snow has fallen just since we have been out here for the last few hours or so. so, no fishtail, i'm so sorry i forgot my ruler. don't kill me you guys back

there. but anyway we'll get the official tally from kate bilo. just overall lots of pedestrian traffic here in center city today at broad and walnut. nobody seemed to be fearing venturing out in this snow. we did talk to a couple of folks a short time ago and they're ready to party believe it or not. let's listen in >> we talked to a couple girls earlier that were enjoying this saturday. that were like they're not going to be cooped up inside. they just wanted to chat with us about why you shouldn't be fearing the snow, why you should come out and have a good time. let's listen in. >> it's actually not so bad. >> no, it's terrible. there's like 3 feet of snow. you're literally like climbing over it. >> yeah, it's beautiful. we were playing with the dogs.

we're going meet some friends and get some drinks and stuff. >> reporter: there really is a very serene night pretty much here in center city. lots of folks still out and about bopping around meeting friends, just trying to make the most of this snowstorm for the most part. and many of them are walking by asking us when is it going to stop. they need to tune into our station and they'll know exactly when it will stop. for now it doesn't matter because they're not letting the snow slow them down. that's the latest natasha brown cbs3. >> snow coverage with no yard stick, natasha, i'm shocked, shocked. >> i know. >> reporter: i'm losing it, i swear. >> thanks natasha. >> great video from the art museum. you can see these people having a really good time out there today. these are our friends nicole and robert. they're reminding you to send your photos to #cbs3 snow. you can use twitter facebook instagram. we've been showing out those photos all day. >> that takes skill there. >> one arm. >> very nice.

all the way down. we also found plow truck drivers pushing around the snow in king of prussia montgomery county. they have been hard at work all day clearing the parking lot there at wegmans. the grocery store is opened but employees tells it hasn't been that busy. i think a lot of people did the rush yesterday. >> right. >> looks like people are heeding the warning and just hanging out at home or undoors today. >> that's good indeed. the had of snow continues to fall across the region. our team coverage continues with more from the suburbs. >> "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has been braving the conditions in chester county all afternoon. walt, how is it looking now. >> reporter: ukee and jess the snow continuing to fall heavily. i know natasha didn't need a yard stick. here's how i measured the snow right here. i'm at the top of the snow pile and the top of the snow pile is approaching the top of the trees. that's never a good thing. we've probably got better than 2 feet of snow right here in malvern chester county along route 202 at route 29. the only folks at the wawa right now other than the brave employees are people out

plowing the snow and working in it. we talked to them earlier. here's a little bit of what they had to say. >> stay in your house is all i can say. stay in your house. let the professionals do what we do. >> it's been a little while. i think we calculated about 30-inches on our campus right now but the team is working hard so it's a adventure but we're up for it. >> crazy. unbelievable. i probably will be out till sunday night. >> it's a mess out here. it's the worst storm i've ever seen. >> reporter: and fortunately we don't have any reports of downed wires or falling trees, that's the good news. we did have one report of a partial building collapse in chester county. could be an indication of just how heavy this snow is and finally in terms of helping out with the snow we're right here at our news van. we were actually buried by a drift. we weren't sure how we were going to get out or get home. a good samaritan plow man came by and guess what, at some point we'll be getting out of this storm. what was that have all the updates for you from chester

county. for now live in malvern, i'm walt hunter cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> we got to get you home walt at some point. my gosh. >> at some point we will be getting out of it. how does it look kate bilo. >> eventually it's got to end. i think it's going to snow for at least several more hours not as heavily as it has been today but we'll amend our totals a little bit maybe another inch or two across the area before this final gets out of here. by midnight the worst of it is off the coast and we are just talking about cleanup mode and cold front going to be snow blowing shoveling the whole 9 yards as we head through the day tomorrow. we'll take you out to the storm. our eye remains on center city philadelphia which is clearing out a little bit now. we had one burst of very heavy snow go through about a half hour to an hour ago. now as you can see the visibilities have improved on our roof cam looking live at center city. not looking as bad. snow rates have lightened up as some of the heavier snow has moved into portions of new jersey. our spring garden camera shows the intersection of broad and

spring garden streets and everything is snow covered as far as the eye can z broad street completely at a stand stilt right now spring garden again completely snow covered as well so a lot of folks has been trying get out now that the heaviest has lightened up but definitely still want to stay inside if you can. don't try to venture out tonight because things are still pretty bad and we could have more steady snow even though the heaviest looks like it has moved through philadelphia. take a live look at storm scan3. there's that heavy band that has pushed into south jersey but notice the precip shield on the back edge it's still snowing down into d.c., all the way down toward norfolk virginia and even into north carolina at the moment even as boston starts to get in on some of the action. let's zoom in on philadelphia. the heaviest band right about here so if crore in gloucester or camden counties right now into portions of salem and into new castle county delaware you're seeing some pretty heavy snow lining up pretty nicely right along 295. some pretty heavy snow at the moment. still steady snow in portions of bucks county, montgomery counties as well just the heaviest has started to shift

a little bit further to the east. by 10 o'clock there's that back edge moving through philadelphia and finally by about midnight we start to see it move off the coast and skies there clear. i think we see sun break through the clouds tomorrow. with the blowing snow and the falling snow visibility right now in allentown is a big fat zero. it's a half inch -- half mile i should say in wilmington and trenton. half inch would be a little bit worse than that. mile in philadelphia. .8 in the atlantic city airport region and .8 in lancaster right now. mount pocono cleared out completely. 10-mile visibility so things are ending. it's just a slow process. on the roads tonight snow covered blowing and drifting will continue and here are a couple of our amounts. over 20-inches in most spots in our philadelphia list. new jersey we have 19-inches in pitman, 17 in mount holly. coastal flood warning continues. we enter another high tide cycle as we go into the 7 o'clock hour so we'll bring you updates on that as '43 our reporters down in the field. blowing and drifting snow continues through your sunday morning. again we're talking about temperatures dropping into the mid-20's overnight.

tomorrow's high only 33 with that fresh snow pack. the seven-day forecast though does look a lot better. there is a threat for something by the and of next week. i think it's warming up but it may be just rain or a total miss. i think it's too soon to be talking about more wet stuff. >> thanks, kate. appreciate i it. >> reporter: we are on south street and for any of you who wondered i finished about half of those pancakes but earlier there was a snowball fight happening at independence mall. we had a great time. a snow man was built there. i wouldn't say it's the most impressive snow man i've ever seen but it was definitely there. also earlier i had the opportunity to witness a bride take her first steps towards the altar in the snow. check this out. kristen did you ever imagine your wedding day like this? >> no. >> reporter: what did you picture. >> the white dress and the church and the groom.

>> reporter: you didn't expect the white dress to be dragged along in fluffy white snow i guess. >> no. i mean maybe it's january. >> reporter: right. will you to expect some snow since you planned in it january. >> we were ready for some snow. the b word not so much. >> reporter: soy so look there's lots of fun to be had. did i think it could get better than a wedding? i don't know. did i think it could get better than a stack of flap jacks. then i met ben, bran do, nate, jared, ashley, colleen, boom, nailed it all. what we're going to do we'll have a little plop contest. if you're unfamiliar with the plop contest, nate can you demonstrate. >> here we go. >> reporter: that was amazing. if it gets any better than that, i wish we had like a round of applause but maybe we should use one at a time or would you rather go together? >> we're going to do it as a team. >> reporter: good idea. i like the way you think. all right ready game. on the counguys.since

two, three. look at the poses. see the snow on the clothes. that's how you do it. look at these boots here. he didn't wear them for nothing. that's for sure and you see all this, girls, how did that feel? >> felt great. >> reporter: are you guys just having so much fun. >> felt like my final sleep. >> reporter: okay. i think you're going to be stuck down there for awhile. back to you guys. >> vittoria. >> oh. >> getting her plop on live. >> we will done. >> thank you family. appreciate it. photos from the people who are out in it. >> first a live look in wilmington. snow blowing around there. we'll have the latest for you when we come back.

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>> you are looking live with our photographer jerry on the pennsylvania turnpike. he's just past the quakertown exit. yeah, that's look at the roads right now outside and that's a major road. please stay inside and let us take you through it. thanks for being with us. our viewers have been helping us tell the story all day. check out this iwitness cam photo from charlie lawrence. little connor proudly standing next to his snow man in medford new jersey. nicely done young man and check out the smile on this guy.

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>> axelrod: a monster blizzard slams the east. blinding snow brings the streets of new york to frozen standstill and shuts down broadway. washington, baltimore, philadelphia are all buried. full moon high tides flood the jersey shore with ice water. the deadly storm leaves hundreds stranded on highways. >> it's just been crazy, just one after truck stuck. >> axelrod: thousands forced from their home in los angeles by a cloud of methane. tonight the gas company's c.e.o. gives his first interview. >> i've been out here almost every day since october 23. i feel totally safe. >> axelrod: and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. is he going to make his own run for the white house?